The Joy of Eating
I have always enjoyed eating out, not because my wife is not a good cook, because she is. I just really enjoy going to a restaurant. This is something that I can’t really do, not with the coronavirus loose in the land, at least not right now. The first really good restaurant I remember was the Swanky Club. My parents took our family there a couple of times, but not often. It was a lot more expensive than most cafes in Boulder City. I remember that there were so many different kinds of food you could order. I remember eating at the Flamingo in Las Vegas a couple of times. I saw the Flower Drum Song there. I was pretty new at the deciding what to order, and my Dad helped me out. I ordered, with his help, squab, which of course is pigeon, a thing I didn’t know. It sure wasn’t much to eat. They say it tastes like chicken, but there wasn’t enough of it to really tell. I’m sure my dad got a kick out of watching me try to find something to eat. Years later I took Joy out there to se...